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Unit 3: Project Management

4. What is the use of project phase in project development? Discuss. Notes
5. Elucidate the concept of project life cycle. Also discuss the common characteristics included
in project life cycle.

6. To help understand the integrative nature of project management, and to emphasise the
importance of integration, project management has been defined in terms of the various
component processes and their interactions. Comment.
7. Make distinction between core processes and facilitating processes.
8. What aspects are included in Project management knowledge areas? Also describe the
different types of knowledge areas.
9. Make distinction between Project Integration Management and Project Procurement
Management.

10. What processes are used in order to accomplish project management? Explain.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Project management 2. Project manager
3. Project 4. quality
5. Deliverables 6. project life cycle

7. change 8. Computer
9. product-oriented 10. Closing
11. Quantitative Risk Analysis 12. Output
13. Project Management Knowledge Areas 14. Project Integration management
15. Project Time Management

3.8 Further Readings

Books Mike Field, Laurie S. Keller (1998) Project Management, Cengage Learning
EMEA.
P. Reid Arnold (1999). Project Management: Getting It Right , CRC Press

Phillips, J. (2004). IT Project Management, 2/E with Cd, McGraw Hill
Professional
Schwalbe Kathy (2008). Information Technology Project Management, Cengage
Learning

Online links http://www.attask.com/topics/what-is-it-project-management

http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/it-project-management.html
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/pmp-exams/project_ management_
fundamentals.htm

http://pmpcertificationhelp.com/project-management-knowledge-areas/

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